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Descriptor English: Staphylococcus epidermidis
Descriptor Spanish: Staphylococcus epidermidis
Descriptor Staphylococcus epidermidis
Scope note: Especie de STAPHYLOCOCCUS esférica, inmóvil, grampositiva, quimorganótrofa, anaerobia facultativa. Se encuentra principalmente en la piel y las mucosas de animales de sangre caliente, y puede ser patógeno primario o invasor secundario.
Descriptor Portuguese: Staphylococcus epidermidis
Descriptor French: Staphylococcus epidermidis
Tree number(s): B03.300.390.400.800.750.343
B03.353.500.750.750.343
B03.510.100.750.750.343
B03.510.400.790.750.343
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013212
Scope note: A species of STAPHYLOCOCCUS that is a spherical, non-motile, gram-positive, chemoorganotrophic, facultative anaerobe. Mainly found on the skin and mucous membrane of warm-blooded animals, it can be primary pathogen or secondary invader.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Staphylococcus (1966-1983)
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
Entry Version: STAPH EPIDERMIDIS
DeCS ID: 13597
Unique ID: D013212
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Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/06/15
Revision Date: 2018/07/01
Staphylococcus epidermidis - Preferred
Concept UI M0020432
Scope note A species of STAPHYLOCOCCUS that is a spherical, non-motile, gram-positive, chemoorganotrophic, facultative anaerobe. Mainly found on the skin and mucous membrane of warm-blooded animals, it can be primary pathogen or secondary invader.
Preferred term Staphylococcus epidermidis



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